Why some Jehovah's Witnesses accept blood and conscientiously reject official Watchtower Society blood policy

Lee Elder

doi:10.1136/jme.26.5.375

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Why some Jehovah's Witnesses accept blood and conscientiously reject official Watchtower Society blood policy

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Mar 2001	4	21	13
Apr 2001	10	26	3
May 2001	0	34	4
Jun 2001	2	23	26
Jul 2001	4	5	0
Aug 2001	3	1	1
Sep 2001	3	5	0
Oct 2001	3	15	1
Nov 2001	1	6	0
Dec 2001	6	6	2
Jan 2002	5	25	3
Feb 2002	2	19	0
Mar 2002	3	12	1
Apr 2002	2	8	2
May 2002	6	12	2
Jun 2002	5	8	4
Jul 2002	13	4	0
Aug 2002	13	12	2
Sep 2002	12	12	5
Oct 2002	14	16	3
Nov 2002	8	6	3
Dec 2002	7	11	2
Jan 2003	14	12	2
Feb 2003	11	11	8
Mar 2003	18	15	9
Apr 2003	13	17	3
May 2003	4	10	4
Jun 2003	8	21	7
Jul 2003	26	92	1
Aug 2003	16	10	1
Sep 2003	15	13	6
Oct 2003	29	83	6
Nov 2003	27	19	4
Dec 2003	16	12	7
Jan 2004	21	138	4
Feb 2004	32	88	8
Mar 2004	35	35	2
Apr 2004	35	35	11
May 2004	13	14	7
Jun 2004	27	23	12
Jul 2004	16	22	3
Aug 2004	32	22	11
Sep 2004	30	32	18
Oct 2004	36	45	23
Nov 2004	45	87	25
Dec 2004	36	55	14
Jan 2005	50	44	14
Feb 2005	45	60	20
Mar 2005	44	48	24
Apr 2005	29	55	19
May 2005	21	24	15
Jun 2005	22	24	15
Jul 2005	23	25	16
Aug 2005	18	24	15
Sep 2005	31	38	16
Oct 2005	49	49	22
Nov 2005	47	55	23
Dec 2005	21	44	18
Jan 2006	37	61	18
Feb 2006	38	43	25
Mar 2006	30	47	30
Apr 2006	31	49	20
May 2006	49	34	23
Jun 2006	42	27	11
Jul 2006	28	19	12
Aug 2006	32	20	10
Sep 2006	51	47	17
Oct 2006	97	88	51
Nov 2006	108	148	46
Dec 2006	46	71	44
Jan 2007	78	82	26
Feb 2007	76	71	28
Mar 2007	92	58	39
Apr 2007	100	11	10
May 2007	63	21	12
Jun 2007	44	16	18
Jul 2007	53	27	13
Aug 2007	65	15	9
Sep 2007	56	15	7
Oct 2007	93	24	30
Nov 2007	176	28	17
Dec 2007	49	15	19
Jan 2008	44	27	22
Feb 2008	46	9	13
Mar 2008	54	28	16
Apr 2008	67	15	18
May 2008	40	5	11
Jun 2008	47	6	8
Jul 2008	36	10	9
Aug 2008	40	9	7
Sep 2008	37	7	6
Oct 2008	61	10	20
Nov 2008	60	14	12
Dec 2008	41	11	11
Jan 2009	64	18	16
Feb 2009	52	12	13
Mar 2009	63	7	14
Apr 2009	59	17	9
May 2009	38	9	3
Jun 2009	33	5	8
Jul 2009	41	7	8
Aug 2009	44	6	4
Sep 2009	46	8	9
Oct 2009	28	7	8
Nov 2009	31	11	12
Dec 2009	32	12	7
Jan 2010	37	4	4
Feb 2010	37	20	10
Mar 2010	50	10	10
Apr 2010	38	17	9
May 2010	35	6	8
Jun 2010	15	3	19
Jul 2010	22	7	4
Aug 2010	20	2	9
Sep 2010	32	11	14
Oct 2010	38	19	20
Nov 2010	36	12	7
Dec 2010	23	10	17
Jan 2011	26	11	7
Feb 2011	32	14	14
Mar 2011	36	15	5
Apr 2011	17	2	4
May 2011	29	5	10
Jun 2011	33	6	14
Jul 2011	24	2	3
Aug 2011	21	5	3
Sep 2011	25	14	5
Oct 2011	27	8	8
Nov 2011	48	31	24
Dec 2011	32	84	12
Jan 2012	64	51	22
Feb 2012	39	30	13
Mar 2012	83	47	25
Apr 2012	50	30	30
May 2012	60	39	20
Jun 2012	52	24	22
Jul 2012	55	38	28
Aug 2012	45	22	20
Sep 2012	48	43	26
Oct 2012	81	56	41
Nov 2012	69	35	18
Dec 2012	56	41	24
Jan 2013	63	40	36
Feb 2013	68	69	21
Mar 2013	80	114	84
Apr 2013	81	180	141
May 2013	36	151	128
Jun 2013	35	80	81
Jul 2013	36	57	50
Aug 2013	25	93	77
Sep 2013	26	209	230
Oct 2013	50	137	139
Nov 2013	66	96	70
Dec 2013	34	87	113
Jan 2014	42	401	85
Feb 2014	61	154	92
Mar 2014	84	140	73
Apr 2014	59	132	35
May 2014	41	138	75
Jun 2014	38	153	35
Jul 2014	45	229	27
Aug 2014	57	216	35
Sep 2014	42	224	51
Oct 2014	72	293	41
Nov 2014	53	234	31
Dec 2014	37	224	20
Jan 2015	21	157	24
Feb 2015	42	131	16
Mar 2015	38	146	23
Apr 2015	47	137	22
May 2015	33	116	20
Jun 2015	28	155	21
Jul 2015	29	128	15
Aug 2015	31	112	24
Sep 2015	31	123	15
Oct 2015	39	104	21
Nov 2015	51	159	26
Dec 2015	35	190	25
Jan 2016	40	134	11
Feb 2016	39	80	8
Mar 2016	45	67	15
Apr 2016	54	114	23
May 2016	30	117	15
Jun 2016	30	69	7
Jul 2016	32	87	27
Aug 2016	27	71	5
Sep 2016	40	65	16
Oct 2016	27	141	23
Nov 2016	23	98	19
Dec 2016	15	81	5
Jan 2017	22	174	15
Feb 2017	8	102	10
Mar 2017	18	83	13
Apr 2017	25	120	17
May 2017	7	171	18
Jun 2017	29	104	14
Jul 2017	73	65	18
Aug 2017	60	52	16
Sep 2017	91	86	9
Oct 2017	153	141	17
Nov 2017	192	178	26
Dec 2017	156	146	18
Jan 2018	164	144	11
Feb 2018	176	143	15
Mar 2018	274	257	15
Apr 2018	328	302	29
May 2018	368	343	34
Jun 2018	214	205	14
Jul 2018	266	264	25
Aug 2018	281	282	17
Sep 2018	375	361	36
Oct 2018	442	431	23
Nov 2018	724	708	48
Dec 2018	566	554	33
Jan 2019	532	525	41
Feb 2019	647	629	49
Mar 2019	712	654	42
Apr 2019	522	493	29
May 2019	654	624	42
Jun 2019	792	778	32
Jul 2019	730	726	24
Aug 2019	786	782	25
Sep 2019	1503	1463	74
Oct 2019	1256	1243	97
Nov 2019	988	962	32
Dec 2019	903	887	50
Jan 2020	1017	1008	43
Feb 2020	1089	1071	42
Mar 2020	841	828	31
Apr 2020	720	699	29
May 2020	713	703	25
Jun 2020	608	600	19
Jul 2020	554	554	19
Aug 2020	638	636	23
Sep 2020	689	675	22
Oct 2020	857	849	56
Nov 2020	995	977	36
Dec 2020	983	967	31
Jan 2021	929	919	40
Feb 2021	829	801	45
Mar 2021	212	190	18
Apr 2021	150	121	14
May 2021	127	121	15
Jun 2021	92	92	11
Jul 2021	166	166	31
Aug 2021	567	575	40
Sep 2021	601	600	27
Oct 2021	499	491	35
Nov 2021	293	256	34
Dec 2021	416	398	40
Jan 2022	341	326	19
Feb 2022	496	493	49
Mar 2022	423	403	40
Apr 2022	471	451	21
May 2022	430	416	43
Jun 2022	344	337	27
Jul 2022	336	327	29
Aug 2022	368	353	31
Sep 2022	416	397	23
Oct 2022	457	425	26
Nov 2022	444	431	40
Dec 2022	399	389	22
Jan 2023	511	506	36
Feb 2023	387	380	32
Mar 2023	635	610	28
Apr 2023	502	474	33
May 2023	529	517	25
Jun 2023	439	434	9
Jul 2023	623	603	26
Aug 2023	484	477	22
Sep 2023	558	538	48
Oct 2023	563	528	43
Nov 2023	491	463	11
Dec 2023	629	82	3
Jan 2024	222	6	1
Feb 2024	171	4	1
Mar 2024	518	24	4
Apr 2024	432	15	6
May 2024	254	8	2
Jun 2024	224	7	0
Jul 2024	119	3	2
Aug 2024	135	1	0
Sep 2024	149	5	1
Oct 2024	146	1	0
Nov 2024	189	3	3
Dec 2024	120	11	2
Jan 2025	158	0	0
Feb 2025	20	0	1
Mar 2025	12	2	0
Apr 2025	15	3	1
Total	50994	50334	6478

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